Malaysia asks Vatican envoy not to back use of ‘Allah’ word
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Turkish-Israeli military cooperation would open up a can of worms in the Arab world’
Russian Today: he re-creation of a historical alliance between Israel and Turkey against a “common enemy” would be seen as “bad news” across the Arab world, political analyst Chris Bambery […]
Financing the Pakistani economy under Shariah law
ET: LONDON: With the strengthening of democracy in Pakistan, calls for building an interest-free economic system are increasingly gaining traction. As the debate on public sector borrowing intensifies in the wake of the recent budget and the government’s successful conclusion of a US$5.3 billion facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), […]
Meet a moderate Syrian insurgent
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar Hi, my name is Mostafa and I’ll be your moderate insurgent today. I’m addressing you all because we badly need your help. We could have started a Facebook page, like We Need Your Weapons or something, or ask the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
Pakistan’s religious extremists leave for ‘greener pastures’
Source: Dawn: ISLAMABAD: Suleman spent years targeting members of the Shia community in his home country of Pakistan as a member of sectarian terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). Now he is on his way to a new sectarian battleground, Syria, where he plans to join rebels battling President Bashar Assad’s regime. […]
Dr. Abdus Salam’s Push for Nuclear Energy in Pakistan
Courtesy: Saleem ud Din, Nazir Umoor-e-Aama & Spokesperson of Jama’at Ahmadiyya Pakistan Where was Qadeer khan at that time? Any body knows ? pic.twitter.com/vVU3ecwxrx — Saleem ud Din (@SaleemudDinAA) July 15, […]
Why America is winning the modern Great Game
The term the Great Game referred to the strategic rivalry between the British and Russian empires in Central Asia. Today’s great game is the battle for economic survival in a world of low growth. As economic nationalism reasserts itself, reducing free trade in goods and service and free movement of […]
Opinions: What really breaks Syria – “The U.S. slaughtered the wrong pig”
By Dr. Jürgen Todenhöfer The U.S. slaughtered the wrong pig. (google translate from German being used, please excuse the grammar). Six times I visited Syria in the last two years, […]
Aurangzeb and Islamic Rule in India
When historians look back at Muslim rule in India, their perspective greatly shapes the way they present historical characters. Some people are seen as great and enlightened leaders, while others […]
Mecca Clock Tower Photo Shows Kaaba In The Shadow Of Abraj Al-Bait Building
The Huffington Post | Yasmine Hafiz The Masjid Al-Haram is an iconic image for millions of Muslims who dream of making the once-in-a-lifetime Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, but its silhouette […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood shows signs of fracturing after Morsi’s fall
By Charlene Gubash, Producer, NBC News CAIRO – Just last month, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood had a lock on Egypt’s presidency and parliament. Now, after mass protests backed by the country’s military swept President Mohammed Morsi from power, the organization venerated throughout the Muslim world for its discipline, ministry to […]
The Ever Present Question of Suffering
Epigraph: And when My servants ask you about Me, say: I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should lend an […]
Egypt’s Sphinx casts eyes on Syria
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar It looks increasingly that solving the Egyptian puzzle is going to take us all to Syria. How far the army’s coup in Egypt resets the geopolitics of the Middle East, or, conversely, whether the coup itself forms the commencement of a region-wide tectonic […]
What the Abbottabad report didn’t reveal
Source: Asia Times: By Sameer Patil Al Jazeera TV’s leak on July 8 of a classified report on the US military raid in Abbottabad, which killed Osama bin Laden, has triggered a controversy in Pakistan. The report holds former President Pervez Musharraf – who was also the former army General […]
MIXING RELIGION WITH POLITICS
Source: Daily Star MIXING RELIGION WITH POLITICS An otherwise little known group Hefazat-e-Islam has become instrumental in winning election, especially at a time when everyone has thought that secularism in Bangladesh taking a strong foothold. Political use of religion–especially Islam–is back, and it seems to have all the ingredients to […]
War trial: 90 years for Ghulam Azam
Source: Daily Star Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam has been handed 90-year jail for his role in the murder and genocide of the independence-seeking people of the land who were fighting occupation Pakistani army in 1971. All the five charges, which include murder and torture of unarmed people, conspiracy, planning, […]
Where there is no separation of religion and state
Source: Asia Times: By Hossein Askari: Professor of Business and International Affairs at the George Washington University. The global media almost never questions the religious credentials of politicians and rulers around […]
Poland’s Kosher Slaughter Ban Unacceptable And Harms Jewish Life Says Israel
Source: Huffington Post JERUSALEM, July 15 (Reuters) – Israel criticised on Monday the extension of Poland’s ban on kosher meat production, saying it damaged efforts to rehabilitate Jewish life in […]
Who Speaks for Islam: What a Billion (and a half) Muslims Really Think
linktv: In a roundtable discussion, host Ray Suarez interviews author Reza Aslan (No god But God; How to Win a Cosmic War) and Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director of the Gallup […]
The Secret To Finland’s Success With Schools, Moms, Kids — And Everything
Business Insider: by Olga Khazan. It’s hard not to get jealous when I talk to my extended family. My cousin’s husband gets 36 vacation days per year, not including holidays. If he wants, he can leave his job for a brief hiatus and come back to a guaranteed position months […]